The Present Simple Tense. The Present Continuous Tense

1. The Present Simple Tense.

The Present Continuous
Tense

2. Present Simple

1) Обозначает:
Daily routine or habit (регулярные,
повседневные действия; привычки)
Permanent state (постоянные
состояния)
2) Формы глагола:
I, we, you, they + V
He, she, it + Vs

3. Present Simple

3) Вспомогательные глаголы:
I, we, you, they – do
He, she, it – does
4) Слова – подсказки:
Always, usually, sometimes, often,
r
every day/ year/week , never

4. Present Continuous

1) Обозначает:
• Fixed arrangement in the near
future (заранее запланированное
действие в будущем)
Action happening now (действие
происходящее в данный момент)

5. Present Continuous

2) Формула образования:
• Am, is, are + Ving
• I am; he, she, it is; we, you,
they are
3) Слова – подсказки:
Now, at the moment

6.

1) I always run.
2) I'm running now.

7.

1) He often reads.
2) He is reading at the moment.

8.

This boy is a pupil.
1) He usually goes to school.
2) He is going to
school now.

9.

1) She often writes poems.
2) At the moment
she is writing a letter.